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May 6, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the PTI regime is busy enriching Prime Minister Imran Khan s cronies in cartels and mafias through engineered inflation.
Bilawal said the sharp rise in tomato prices by up to 67 percent and the prime minister s complete apathy to the plight of the people is a proof that Imran Khan is the ringleader of this inflation mafia and his friends are minting money by raising prices. “Living for low-income families has become unbearable and that it was injustice to allow landlords to increase rents at a time when so many of our fellow countrymen were dealing with inflation and unemployment,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.
Business
May 6, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Registration of companies with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) increased around two times in April with almost all processes done online.
Process simplification, facilitation to public and digitalization of incorporation processes has led to extraordinary growth, the SECP said in a statement.
Aamir Khan, chairman of SECP attributed the trend of growth to digitalisation and automation, introduction of simplified combined process for name reservation and incorporation, very low level of fees, and assistance provided for incorporation by the newly established business centre. The IT sector, for the first time, took lead with the registration of 194 new companies in a month. The IT sector was followed by the trading sector with registration of 180 new companies, construction with 117, import and export with 115, and consultancy services with 110.
Sindh launches Benazir Mazdoor Card
Beneficiaries to register with SESSI, pay 6% minimum wage as contribution
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addresses a press conference in Karachi. SCREENGRAB
KARACHI:
The Sindh government distributed the Benazir Mazdoor Card to labourers on Friday.
At a ceremony held at the Chief Minister s House, the provincial government launched the card under which labourers across Sindh would be entitled to avail benefits such as education, health and financial assistance under the Sindh Workers Welfare Fund Act 2014 and amendment 2018 provided they register themselves with the Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (SESSI) and pay contribution at the rate of six percent of the minimum wage fixed by the provincial government.
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday asked the federal government to direct the Federal Board of Revenue to stop collection of the Workers Welfare Fund immediately and the funds collected so far should be transferred to Sindh government.
He said this while addressing the distribution ceremony of Benazir Mazdoor Card organised by the labour department here at the CM House. The ceremony was attended by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, provincial ministers, industrialist, labour leaders and workers.
Mr Bhutto-Zardari said that the PPP government in Sindh was observing Labour Day by launching the ‘Benazir Mazdoor Card’ under which workers would be able to avail all necessary benefits and facilities such as education, health, marriage grants, financial assistance, scholarships and pensions.
Daily Times
May 2, 2021
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Saturday launched ‘Benazir Mazdoor Card’ for the welfare of labourers in the province. The launching ceremony of Benazir Mazdoor Card through National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) was held at the Chief Minister House in Karachi.
Under the scheme, over 600,000 registered workers in the province would be able to obtain all necessary facilities and benefits including education, health, marriage grants, financial assistance, and scholarships. Furthermore, the family of the labourer will be given compensation in case of accidental death. This programme includes all types of labourers, including construction workers, hotel workers, domestic workers or anyone working on daily wages across the province.